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ITworld Today Oct 21, 2016 Critical flaws found in open-source encryption software VeraCrypt A new security audit has found critical vulnerabilities in VeraCrypt, an open-source full disk encryption program that's the direct successor of the widely popular, but now defunct, TrueCrypt. 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